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Amazon is developing its own mapping API, the retail giant announced Monday, just days before Apple is set to release its own mapping service to the public as part of iOS 6. The announcement confirms earlier reports that Amazon had acquired 3D mappin...

Microsoft told Mashable that its Bing search engine will be the default on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD's web browser. Amazon also confirmed it. The deal between the two companies came together recently. Adam Sohn, general manager of communications and ...

Amazon is reportedly updating its Silk browser for the new Kindle Fire HD tablets, and with it will come a "Trending Now" section. Although users will be privy to knowing in real time which webpages are most popular among other Kindle Fire users, thi...

We hope you like the screensaver ads on Amazon's new Kindle Fire lineup because you're stuck with them. Amazon is including its Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers in its updated Kindle Fire as well as its Kindle Fire HD tablets. As Amazon stat...

Amazon had a big day. The online retail giant has refreshed and expanded its line of Kindle devices, introducing a new E Ink reader and some game-changing new tablets. Here's a summary of how Amazon shook up the tech world today. What did Amazon reve...

With so many 7-inch tablets hitting the market, we decided to stack Amazon's latest Kindle Fire products in this display range up against Google's Nexus 7. And judging by specs alone, the Kindle Fire HD is the better buy. Although the Kindle Fire HD ...

Amazon has announced the next-generation of its popular Kindle Fire tablet: the Kindle Fire HD. Available in both a 7-inch and a larger 8.9-inch model, the device improves upon the original model, while keeping some of the same features users have co...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just borrowed a move from Steve Jobs's playbook, surprising the tech world at the company's big California event by unveiling a surprise product at the very end of his presentation: a Kindle Fire HD tablet with a 4G LTE wireless...

At its live event in Santa Monica, Amazon announced a new addition to its Kindle line, the Kindle Fire HD. The Kindle Fire HD will be available in two variations: 7" (like the original Kindle Fire) and an 8.9" larger version. Both feature fantastic d...

Amazon has just announced an updated version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet with a lower price. At $159, the new Fire is priced even lower than the original, which debuted at $199. The new 7-inch Fire, which ships Sept. 14, is now also joined by a...

Amazon is set to make an announcement this morning at an event in Santa Monica, and Mashable is live on the scene. Photos of both an updated Kindle Fire and a new Kindle Touch with "Paperwhite" display have leaked out over the past few weeks, suggest...

Ever wish your tablet could just magically morph into an eye-friendly e-reader while reading in the sun? Amazon may be working on a double-sided Kindle product that would incorporate both e-ink and an LCD display into one device, a new patent filing ...

Amazon dropped another hint that it's planning to introduce the next-generation Kindle Fire at its press event in Santa Monica, Calif., next week: The company said Thursday morning that the original Kindle Fire has "sold out" on its website. Amazon a...

When it comes to customer satisfaction, the iPad narrowly beat out the Kindle Fire as the top tablet on the market, according to a new survey. Market research group comScore -- which conducted a three-month study among 6,000 U.S. tablet owners to lea...

Amazon is planning to introduce five or six new tablet iterations of different sizes, including a 10-inch model, according to a report quoting the president of Staples. Demos Parneros, president of U.S. retail for the chain, told Reuters that Amazon ...

You can't order a pizza from Amazon -- yet -- but now you can order one from your Kindle Fire. Domino's Pizza, which already has an iPhone, iPad and Android app, on Tuesday announced that it now has a Kindle Fire app in Amazon's Appstore. The Kindle ...

Come November, Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet will be a year old, which means that its successor is shortly on the way. Sources "familiar with Amazon's plans" have told AllThingsD that the next-generation Kindle Fire will be thinner and lighter,...

Amazon is developing an Android-based smartphone to compliment its Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers, according to a new report. Two unnamed sources told Bloomberg that Amazon is working with China-based factory Foxconn to build the device. The...

The tablet market -- specifically, the 7-inch tablet market -- got a jolt of excitement last month when Google debuted the Nexus 7, an affordable touchscreen device that also happens to be the best 7-inch tablet ever made. Now that the initial commot...

Amazon is gearing up to launch two new Kindle Fire tablets next month -- a 7-inch device called the "Coyote" and a 10-inch "Hollywood" tablet, according to a new report. Tech blog BGR is reporting that the e-commerce giant is expected to launch the t...

Google took the wraps off the first device to run Android 4.1, Jelly Bean: a 7-inch tablet made by Asus, called the Nexus 7. The pint-sized tablet has a 1280 x 800 display, NVIDIA quad-core Tegra 4 processor, and Google claims the tablet will keep ki...

During its Google I/O annual developer conference, Google unveiled a powerful, sleek tablet called the Nexus 7 -- the first device that will run on Android's next-generation Jelly Bean mobile operating system. The price point is extremely competitive...

Amazon's marketplace for Android apps, which launched in the U.S. in early 2011, is now preparing to expand to Europe. The online retailer announced Wednesday that developers could begin submitting apps for distribution in the UK, Germany, France, It...

U.S. consumers with an e-reader or tablet are more likely to read and buy books than those without an e-book compatible tech device, a new infographic suggests. An infographic released by Infographic Labs cites a Pew study finding that those who read...

If you're a Kindle Fire owner, you can now get the latest free update to version 6.3.1. It features parental controls, some neat sharing features and more practical movie rental times. Not sure which version you're currently running? The Amazon websi...

The iPad is once again the undisputed heavyweight champion of the tablet world. Apple's "magical" tablet re-asserted its dominance of the market following a period that saw both the launch of the latest model and a drop-off in sales of its chief comp...

Amazon's Kindle Fire has taken 54.4% of the Android tablet market, leaving the number two in the category -- Samsung Galaxy Tab -- in the dust, according to comScore. The Kindle Fire, introduced in November, nearly doubled its share over the last two...

As many iPad and Kindle Fire owners know, when you get a tablet, your habits change. Some start reading their email or doing most of their shopping on their tablets instead of their desktops; others begin buying more ebooks than printed books. Those ...

Amazon is testing a service that lets tablet users buy subscriptions and individual items via apps, according to a report. Bloomberg quotes Maria Ly, co-founder of Skimble, which sells physical fitness programs, in the report. Ly told the news servic...

Amazon has issued its latest software update for the Kindle Fire with a change that makes reading ebooks a lot more social. The 6.3 Kindle Fire software version, released Thursday, lets device owners share favorite passages and notes from their ebook...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Technology geeks across the world are happily devouring the new iPad. Even...

Although Apple experienced another phenomenal quarter as far as iPad sales go, its overall market share fell from 61.5% in Q3 2011 to 54.7% in Q4 2011, largely due to the success of Amazon's Kindle Fire. According to a new study by IDC, Apple shipped...

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